Pipe smoker&#39;s utensil



July 28, 1936. JUNG 2,049,298

PIPE SMOKERS UTENSIL Fil ed April 25, 1935 ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 28, 1936 STATS than 2,0493298 PIPE SMOKERS UTENSIL 7 Albert H. Jung, Flushing, N. Y. I ApplicationApril 25, 1935,.Serial No. 18, 11 1 8 Claims. (Cl. 13159) This invention relates to improvements in pipe smokers utensils, and has for its especial object to provide such a device by means of which a measured charge of tobacco may be extracted from a container and properly loaded in a pipe with a minimum number of motions and the least possible spillage or wasting of tobacco.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of parts, the preferred embodiment of which will be described in connection with the drawing, and the invention then specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section with plunger withdrawn; Figure 2 is a side view in closed position; Figure 3 1s a cross section on theline 3-3 of Figure Figure 4 is a perspective showing the manner of using the device to extract the charge of tobacco from the container; and

Figure 5 is a perspective showing the manner of depositing this charge of tobaccoin a pipe.

Referring generally to these various views, the device consists of a prolonged barrel member A, and a plunger '3, equipped with a stripping and tamp'ing disc which cooperates with the prongs of the barrel. 7

Barrel member A has a tubular body portion 4, at the upper end of which is a finger grip 3, and the lower end of which carries the prongs 8, preferably eight in number andpointed for easy insertion into a mass of tobacco, as shown.

These prongs are securely and removably attached to the end of member 4' by means of threaded disc '6 and cover plate '5, attached to the threaded end of member 4 as best shown in Figure 1, and form an open-ended cage for holding a charge of tobacco. Disc 6 is provided with holes 9 as shown in Figure 3, through which prongs 8 are passed, these prongs being provided with heads I9, which rest against the upper sur- Iiace' of disc 6. The upper portions of prongs 8 'and the holes 9 may be made in corresponding irregular shapes to prevent turning of the prongs, but a close 'fit of the prongs in the holes has been found adequate for this purpose. Surmounting disc 5 is a cover plate 5 which serves to give the device a neat appearance and holds the heads of prongs 8 down against the disc. For a purpose which will hereafter appear, prongs 8 are advantageously made of springy metal and bent inwardly at their lower ends as shown in Figure 1.

Plunger B has a shank 2 carried slidably in the bore of tubular member i and equipped with a cap I which is preferably dished for convenient operation with the thumb. Attached to shank 2 at the lower end of the plunger is stripping and tamping disc I having perforations similar to 0 those of disc 6 for the prongs 8, but large enough to permit motion of this disc along the prongs. Thelength of shank 2 is such that cap I will strike against the end of the barrel when the device is in the condition of Figure 2 with 19 the disc I moved down level with the points of the prongs 8. I

Disc I5 and either cap I or disc I are preferably secured to the barrel and plunger, respectively, by a threaded connection as shown, or by some 15 other equivalent means to permit taking down to the furthest extent and the prongs 8 are inserted in a mass oftobacco by means of the barrel, asshown in Figure 4. The device may now beturned to separate the tobacco held 25 within the prongs from the remainder of the mass, and for this purpose grip 3 is desirably knurled as shown. If it is desired to remove a smaller amount of tobacco from the receptacle, the plunger may be held partly depressed while 30 thisroperation is performed, thus shortening the effective length of prongs 8. If it is desired to remove a larger amount of tobacco or to secure a more compact mass, the device may be pushed into the mass of tobacco with the plunger partly 35 or all the way down and the plunger permitted to ride up against the pressure of the thumb; this will result in compressing the tobacco into the space between prongs 8, giving a larger or more compact charge, depending upon the initial position and subsequent pressure upon the plunger, In any event, the prongs 8 will hold the charge neatly and securely, due to their springy character. i

In loading the pipe, the device is inserted in the 45 bowl as shown in Figure 5, with the fingers holding grip 3 and the thumb against cap 8.

The plunger is held stationary and the barrel pulled upward, so that prongs 8 move upwardly through disc I, which strips the tobacco 01f them. During 50 this operation. the prongs will also be sprung outwardly, releasing the tobacco without undue drag, so that it may expand and fill the bowl of the pipe evenly and in the proper condition for smoking. After loading the pipe, the device will be 55 in the condition of Figure 2, and the lower surface of disc 1 may be used to tamp the tobacco before lighting, and totamp again after the tobacco has expanded'upon lighting, if desired;

The device in the position of Figure 2 may be used for cleaning and reaming the bowl, disc 1 with its sharp circular edges being well suited for this purpose and having a scraping and polishing effect upon the cake in the pipe rather than a chipping or cutting action which may result in destroying the cake and impairing the smoking qualities of the pipe. The prongs may also be used for cleaning the inside of the pipe bowl by rotating the device with the plunger partly or wholly lifted. The circular spacing of prongs 8 is such that with the usual shortstemmed pipe, the pipe bit may be removed and one of these prongs used to dislodge particles of tobacco which are struck near the base of the bowl.

It will be observed that this device is capable of extracting a measured charge to tobacco from a container and depositing it within a pipe evenly and packing the tobacco to the proper extent neatly and with ease, and that it may also be used for cleaning and reaming the pipe, and will in fact perform in a neat and expeditious manner all the operations attendant upon the smoking of a pipe, with the single exception of removing tar and other condensation products which may collect in the steam or bit.

What I claim is: V

1. A device for filling tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearing at its lower end an open-ended tobacco-holding cage composed of circularly disposed metal prongs, and a plunger slidably car- 'ried by said barrel and bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs. 2. A device for filling and cleaning'tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearing at its lower end an open-ended tobacco-holding cage composed of circularly disposed metal prongs, anda plunger slidably carried by said barrel and hearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs, said disc having a circular edge for scraping the interior of a pipe bowl and a substantially flatlower surface for tamping tobacco.

3, A' device for filling and cleaning tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearing at its lower end an open-ended tobacco-holding cage composed of circularly disposed metal prongs, and

a plunger slidably carried by said barrel. and

bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs,

said disc having a circular edge for scraping the interiorof a pipe bowl and a substantially flat lower surface for tamping tobacco and said prongs being so spaced apart as to permit introduction of one of the said prongs into the stem of a pipe when the bit of the pipe is removed to dislodge particles of tobacco therefrom.

. 4. A device for filling tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearing at its lower end an openended tobacco-holding cage composed of circue larly disposed and downwardly converging springy metal prongs, and a plunger slidably carried by said barrel and bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs.

'5. A device for filling and cleaning tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearing at its lower end an open-ended tobacco-holding cage com- 7 posed of circularly disposed and downwardly converging springy metal prongs, and a plunger slidably carried by said barrel and bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs, said disc havinga circular-edge for scraping the interior of a pipe bowl and a substantially flat lower surface for tamping tobacco. V

6. A device for filling and cleaning'tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel bearingat its lower end an open-ended tobacco-holding cage composed of circularly disposed and downwardly converging springy metal prongs, and a plunger slidably carried by said barrel and bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping'disc having perforations for said prongs, saiddisc having a circular-edge for scraping the interior of a pipe bowl and'a substantially fiat lower sur face for tamping tobacco and said prongs being a tobacco holding metal prongs, and a plunger having a shank slidably carried'within said barre], a thumb cap'at the upper end of said'shank, and a tobacco stripping and tamping disc at the lower end of said shank having perforations slidably accommodating said prongs, said cap and disc being so spaced apart that the capabuts the upper end'of said barrel when the plunger" is depressed to a position in which said disc'is level'with the points of said prongs. j

8. A. device for filling and cleaning'tobacco pipes, comprising a barrel having a finger grip and bearing at its lowerend an open-ended toe bacco-holding cage composed of circularly-disposed and downwardly converging springy and pointed metal tobacco-holding prongs removably attached thereto, and a plunger slidably carried by said barrel, having at its upperend a thumb cap and bearing at its lower end a tobacco stripping and tamping disc having perforations for said prongs, .said cap being so spaced from said disc as to stop downward motion of the plunger when the disc is level with the points of said prongs, said disc having a sharp' circular lower edge for scraping the interiorof a pipe bowl and a substantially flat lower surface for tamping tobacco, and said prongs being so spaced apart as to permit introduction of one of said prongs.

into the stem of a pipe when the bit is removed to dislodge particles of tobacco therefrom.

1 ALBERT H. JUNG. 

